Diane Fornbacher @drf84020.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Much news with good reason for the perps but let us acknowledge one of the first dominoes was pushed down by the bravery of this woman. Thank you, Virginia, on behalf of all SA victims. May you rest in peace. 010 1
Reposted by Diane FornbacherGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20/02/2025Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage. 23597688220941 76.9K
Reposted by Diane FornbacherCarl Gustav Jung @jungquotes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025“The spirit of the depths opened my eyes and I caught a glimpse of the inner things, the world of my soul, the many-formed and changing." -Carl Jung 074 7
Reposted by Diane FornbacherInternet Archive @archive.org · 17/04/2025📢 The Internet Archive needs your help. At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine. Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit. 👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the... 🧵⬇️ 1181940615524 19.4K
Reposted by Diane FornbacherDrug Policy Alliance @drugpolicy.org · 18/04/2025Corporate lobbying is shaping the marijuana market, putting profit over health & safety. When profits drive policy, it leads to misleading marketing & deceptive labels—putting communities at risk. We must prioritize health, equity, & sustainable models. drugpolicy.org/issue/legali... 031 3
Reposted by Diane FornbacherACLU @aclu.org · 10/04/2025BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed the SAVE Act, a bill that would make it much harder for millions of people to register to vote. We're calling on the Senate to reject this legislation. 394127824650 12.8K
Reposted by Diane FornbacherSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 08/04/2025It’s clear: Trump and Musk want to make it harder and harder for the elderly and disabled to utilize Social Security. They don’t care how much pain they cause. Their ultimate goal is to make Social Security dysfunctional, to privatize it and to let Wall Street take it over. 1162997629 3K
Reposted by Diane FornbacherSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 07/04/2025Being able to heat your home in the winter is not a luxury. It is a matter of life and death. Trump and Musk’s decision to arbitrarily fire every worker in the office that helps working class and low income people heat their homes is outrageous. 15745101040 4.5K
Reposted by Diane FornbacherNBC News @nbcnews.com · 13/03/2025A recently passed House GOP budget resolution could lead to cuts to SNAP benefits and Medicaid, which many residents in Speaker Johnson’s Louisiana district rely on. nbcnews.to/41MpEgA 79238102 238
Reposted by Diane FornbacherRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Trump gutting the Dept. of Education will impact every child. But states that voted for Trump rely more heavily on Dept. of Education funds than those that didn't. Education funding shouldn't be a red vs. blue issue. It should be about all of us supporting the common good. 1222932446 2.9K
Diane Fornbacher @drf84020.bsky.social · 10/03/2025If you are afraid to meet with your constituents, you are a COWARD. If you see your representatives out in public who have denied meeting with constituents in public, that's exactly what you should shout at them.  000 0
Reposted by Diane Fornbacherclaireleow.bsky.social @claireleow.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Voting has consequences. By Georgia Lea Smith, who writes in farming issues. farmergeorgiewrites.substack.com/p/the-devast...farmergeorgiewrites.substack.comThe Devastating Impact of Trump 2.0 on U.S. FarmersThe fallout begins... 031 3
Reposted by Diane FornbacherKaliko Castille @wizkaliko.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Just finished my second audio book of the year (started last year) on Audible (tax Bezos). For anyone looking for light at the end of the tunnel in the next four years, read this book by Neil Howe. 2143 14
Reposted by Diane FornbacherDrug Policy Alliance @drugpolicy.org · 15/11/2024Give us a follow if you believe drug policy should be grounded in evidence, health, equity, and human rights. 49725 97
Reposted by Diane FornbacherDrug Policy Alliance @drugpolicy.org · 18/02/2025As a police officer, Diane saw that “no matter how much we ramped up enforcement efforts, drugs still entered communities and people still died from overdose." To save lives, we need real solutions: expanding health services and increasing access to medications that reduce overdose death risk. 1168 16
Reposted by Diane FornbacherSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 18/02/2025While Trump appoints 13 billionaires to his cabinet and Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg see their wealth increase by $217 billion since the election, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 25% of seniors live on $15g or less and millions cannot afford rent. SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY. 24683421648 8.3K
Diane Fornbacher @drf84020.bsky.social · 15/02/2025I must get over the every day shock that too many fold so easily for fascist ogligarch demagogues until it "directly affects" their interests. Saw it in cannabis, seeing it now. 120 2
Reposted by Diane FornbacherAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/02/2025Goldman: "My Republican colleagues are so weak and afraid of Donald Trump that they're willing to undermine their own constitutional authority just to please them. You're giving away your own power in fealty to Donald Trump." 421144693371 14.5K
Diane Fornbacher @drf84020.bsky.social · 12/02/2025www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...cbsnews.com27 religious groups sue Trump administration to protect houses of worship from immigration arrestsThe lawsuit from more than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups contends that the new policy is spreading fear of raids, thus lowering attendance at worship services. 120 2
Diane Fornbacher @drf84020.bsky.social · 12/02/2025USA, you break my heart every day. It is a good thing I have needle and thread. 120 2
Diane Fornbacher @drf84020.bsky.social · 12/02/2025open.spotify.com/track/6Mnf7I...open.spotify.comRiseFlobots · Fight With Tools · Song · 2008 000 0
Reposted by Diane FornbacherMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15/01/2025UnitedHealth has overcharged some cancer patients for medicine by over 1,000%. An FTC report finds that OptumRx, United Health's pharmacy benefit manager, has made billions by charging patients a huge markup for life-saving drugs. www.yahoo.com/news/unitedh...yahoo.comUnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system. 31459192639 5.9K
Diane Fornbacher @drf84020.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Denver Area Warming Centers for the Arctic Blast sheltering: www.denverpost.com/2025/01/15/d...denverpost.comHere’s where to find shelter during metro Denver’s arctic cold snapFour overflow cold weather shelters are open across Denver and the city will keep them open through at least 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to Denver’s Department of Housing Stability. 010 1
Reposted by Diane FornbacherSyracuse Cultural Workers @syrculturalworkers.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Reading enriches our lives in so many ways. We hope you'll find some books here that will enhance your winter, and others which will make welcome gifts for people in your life. syracuseculturalworkers.com/collections/... #books #reading #learning #readbannedbooks 031 3
Diane Fornbacher @drf84020.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Briefly consulted for "Dr." Oz for terminally ill medical cannabis patients. He treated them badly, his graphics were incorrect, and he encouraged anti-reformers to scream at us pro-cannabis activists. #drwrong 010 1
Diane Fornbacher @drf84020.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Worst band ever: Morning Joe & The Bootlickers (Kid Rock Covers) 120 2
Reposted by Diane FornbacherBarnes & Noble @barnesandnoble.com · 17/11/2024Don’t like a book? Don’t read it. Pretty simple. 489305582633 30.6K
Diane Fornbacher @drf84020.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Yeah, like even 10 years ago! Obviously applies today, too. Thanks for hanging in so long @johnnygreen.bsky.social 010 1
Diane Fornbacher @drf84020.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Cherry picking freedoms is not freedom, it's a selective superiority complex. 020 2
Reposted by Diane FornbacherSofia Wren @sofiawren.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Hey there’s some good news 001 1
Reposted by Diane FornbacherDiane Goldstein @dianemgoldstein.bsky.social · 12/11/2024For my new followers here is my drug reform origin story 👉🏻 bit.ly/48T3s6J and why I work hard everyday to change policy, law and culture in policing to save the lives of people who use drugs & uphold our civil liberties #nomoredrugwar #harmreductionsaveslivesbit.lyLike Many Drug Policy Reformers, I’m Driven by Personal TragedyI have a million stories about my older brother, Billy, that exemplify the harms of the United States criminal justice ... 1398 39